Container



M. MEYERSON 1,731,747

CONTAINER Filed March 17. 1927 Patented Oct. 15, 1929 PATENT OFFICE MAXMEYEBSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONTAINER Application filed March 17, 1927. Serial No. 175,986.

This invention relates to a container, and an object of the presentinvention is to provide a container which may be formed principally ofsheet fibre board, ordinar cardboard or other appropriately light anstrong sheet material, the container being so designed and re-inforcedthat it will be strong and substantial notwithstanding the lightness ofthe material from which it is constructed.

A further object is to so design the container that it may be welladapted to the storing and transportation of delicate materials such asexpensive silks and the like, and to this end an essential object is tomake the interior of the container wholly devoid of the presence ofrivet heads or other protrudin parts which are likely to snag thecontents an cause injury thereto.

A further object is to so construct the container that it may bequickly, easily and cheaply manufactured, relatively large containersrequiring only relatively small pieces of fibre board or the like in itsmake-up.

A more detailed object is to provide a container of the type indicatedand in which the U joints between adjacent pieces of fibre board areformed partly .by laterally turned portions of the fibre board andpartly by a metalhe strip clampin said laterally turned portionstogether an servingtherewith to greatly re-inforce the mechanicalstrength of the joints. I

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed outin the course of the following escription of the elements, combinations,arran ..ments of parts and applications of principles constituting theinvention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are ,to be taken as a part of thisspecification, and

i in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of theinvention Fig. 1 is a side elevational view, partly in vertical section,of a container constructed in accordance with this invention andincluding a cover member therefor.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary detail sectional view takensubstantially upon the plane of line II-II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of a portion of the cover member.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the parts seen Hi Fi 3.

Fig. 5 IS a fragmentary detail sectional view showing the manner inwhich the bottom wall of the container may be connected with the sidewall, and

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the structure seen in Fig. 1 the viewbeing on a greatly reduced scale, for economy of space.

-Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the structure whichis illustrated therein, and bearing in mind always the fact that thestructure as shown and described is given merely as an example of oneembodiment of the invention, the container will be referred to generallyas comprising a side wall or walls L, a bottom wall G, and a top orcover wall or member H.

-- The container may be constructed of any shape or size desired, butfor convenience of illustration it is shown as being cylindrical.

The side walls L are made up of a series of se arate pieces or sheets as11. These may e of thin sheet fibre board, cardboard, or other suitablematerial. They are each of a height to extend preferably from the top tothe bottom of the container, but they may be of any desired width sothat any number thereof, according to their width, and the size of thecontainer, may complete the entire side wall structure. Each of theseside wall pieces has its opposite vertical edge portions turnedlaterally outwardly to provide vertical flanges as 22 thereon, theflanges of adjacent pieces being made -to stand flat against each otherso that collectively they define a very substantial rib vertically ofthe side wall structure, there being of course one such rib between eachtwo side wall pieces.

In order to hold the flanges 2 together, and thus unite the side wallmembers, suitable clamp strips 33 are provided, one for each pair offlanges. These strips are "of U-shape in cross section and have theiropposite leg portions engaging over the outer surfaces of l tightly gripthe flanges between them. The

clamp'strlps arepre erably formed of sheet metal and in some instancesthey may be operated upon to bend their opposite legs into a more tightengagement with the confined flanges after they have been slipped oversaid flanges, and if desired, an even greater measure of security may beaflorded by passing rivets or the like as 4 through the clamp strips andthrough the interposed flanges in order to hold the clamp strips morepositively and firmly in position. I

It is noted that the clamp strips, the flanges enga ed thereby, and eventhe rivets or other retaining means 4 which go to make up the jointbetween adjacent side wall pieces are whollv and entirely on the outsideof the container, the inside surface being maintained smooth and free ofobjectionable obstructions of any kind.

Obviously the metallic'clamp strips 3 serve the added urpose of greatlyre-inforcing the rib formed by the flanges 22, so that the completejoint structure is of great strength not only as a joint for firmlyconnecting the adjacent side wall pieces but also asastrengthenlng ribvertically of the container, it being noted that these metallic clampstrips extend continuously between the upper and,v lower ends of thecontainer.

A suitable binder strip 5 is arranged at the upper edge of thec0nta1ner,consisting preferablyof a strip of sheet metal bent into Ucross section and fitting over the upper edge of the side Wall pieces.The upper end portions as'66 of the clamp pieces 3 project upwardlybeneath the outerleg of this binder strip and are thus held in a neat,strong and compact relationship. The binder strip may be bent to providepockets as indicated at 7 if desired in order to more firmly and neatlyreceive the upper end portions, of the clamp strlps.

A similar binder strip as 9 is arrangedv at To hold the binder stripconnected with the upper edge portion of the wall pieces the oppositelegs of said strip may be-pressed together so as to clamp the wallpieces between them and thus frictionally prevent dislodgement of thebinder strip,' and in addition to this a series of punch depressions asat 8-8 may be formed in one or'both legs of the binder strip to therebymore positively re: tain the binder strip.

i the lower end of the container straddling the lower edge of the sidewall members and having pockets as 10'at appro riate points therein toreceive the lower en portions 11 of the clamp strips 3, and held bypunch depressions or the like as12, all in the same manner asdescribedwith res ect to the binder strip 5.

The bottom wa l G of the container may consist of a single sheet offibreboard, cardup of several seoarate pieces joinedtogetlier by having edgeportions of said pieces turned downwardly and held together by clampstrips in the same manner as above described with regard to the jointsbetween the side wall members 1-1, one such joint being illustrated forexample as at 13 in Fig. 6, in whichinstance of course the presence ofthe joint not only enables the use of relatively smaller pieces ofwall-forming material but also greatly re-inforces the wall inwithstanding the strains to which it is subjected particularly where thebottom Wall is of'great surface extent.

The bottom wall may be held in position connected with the lowermarginal parts of the side wall pieces in any suitable manner. In Fig. 1the bottom wall is shown as being provided with a marginal flange 14turned downwardly thereon and resting against the mner surface of theside wall pieces, being behind the inner leg 15 of the binder strip. I

9. This flange 14 may continue around the entire marginal portion of thebottom-wall and the bottom wall be thus held fixed in position, or ifdesired said flange may be omitted at some points about the marginof thebot-.

tom wall, and the marginal edge of said bottom wall be at these pointsmade to engage within recesses 16' rovided for the purpose within thematerial of the side wall pieces, as illustrated in Fig; 5'. -Or thebottom wall may be connected with'the side wall I pieces by beingextended into a recess 16 extending throughout the length of the sidewalls, in which instance the flange 14 mightbe entirely omitted.

In any event the inner leg 15 of the binder strip 9' is preferablyprovided with a horizontal extension 17 projecting beneath the adjacentmarginal part of the bottom wall to thereby re-inforce saidf marginalpart and assist in the eflicient support of said bottom wall upon thesidewalls. Where the bottom wall is formed with a cross seam or seams as13 in Fig. 6 theclamp strip or strips comprised in said seam or seams,and bridging across; the expanse of the bottom .wall, will 7 thereofextended between the bottom surface of the bottom wall and the uppersurface oi. the horizontal extension:17, as indicated in v v "strip orstripswill be positively suggorte bin er strip and thereby renderedcapable Fig. 6,so that said claim? of adding increased support for theintermediate portions of the bottom wall.

There may be as many of the vertical re inforced joints in the sidewalls, and as many of the horizontal reinforced joints inthe bothaventheend portions upon the metallic tom wall, as may be desired or as maybenecessary to produce the required strength for a container of a givensize or which is intended for a given purpose. Each added joint willmaterially increase the strength of the entire structure and at'the sametime will always render possible the use of relatively smaller pieces offibre board for a given size of container and thus reduce the cost ofthe fibre board and compensate in a measure for the added labor andmaterial in the joint.

The cover ,H consists simply of. a sin le piece of fibre board or .thelike as 18 0 a suitable size to overlie the upper end of the container.To increase its rigidity and serve in connectin it-with the remainder ofthe container it is preferablyfurnished with a marginal metallic binderstrip 19 of U-shape in cross'section and straddling over the edge of thefibre board 18'so that one. flange as 20 of the strip rests upon theupper surface of the fibre board and the other flange as 21 engages theunder-surface ofthe fibreboard. The nether flange 21 may be formed witha lateral extension part as 22 thereon arranged to telescope within theupper end of the container in a well understood manner for red tainingthe cover frictionally in position up on the container in use.

As illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 the strip-of material comprising thebinder strip 19 may have its opposite ends connected together by havingone end thereof as 23 telescoped into the opposite end as 24 and saidtwo ends be held together and to the fibre board by means of a rivet orthe like as 25 extending through all of said parts. In order that theend edge of the over-lapping part24 may n ot present an objectionablecorner for in ury to 'the hands, or to any material being placed into ortaken out of the container, the underlying part 23 is preferably formedwith'a protect. said edge.

slide bead as 26 thereon adjacent the end edge of the part 24 so astopartially conceal and The fibre board '18 of the cover, like the bottomwall G of thec6nta iner. may be jformed of more than one plece, 111which event the several pieces will be connected together byre-inforcing seams in the same manner as alrcadydescribed with respectto the I 7 bottom wall,- and the metallic re-inforcing clamp'strip'would have their ends engaged beneath the upper flange part 20 ofthe binder strip 19 for greater rigidity etc. as already explained withregard to the joint 13, the seam being of course formed at the upperside of the cover so as to leave the under-' ..side smooth andunobstructed.

It should be particularly noted that the binder strips 5, 9 and 19 areeach respectively formed from a single continuous strip of sheetmaterial bent lengthwise around the margins of the parts which theyengage, that is the binder strip 5 is bent around the upper marends ofthe strip of material comprising the binder'strip 5 or for connectingtogether the ends of the strip of material comprising the binder strip9, or any other form of joint may be employed. The abutting ends of thestrip may .if desired be connected simply by being welded together insome instances.

' As many changes could be made in this construction without departingfrom the scope of the invention, as defined in the following claim, itis intended that all matter contained in the above description or shownin the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative onlyand not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A container comprising side walls and abottom wall, said side walls being made up of a series of verticalpanels of fibre board each panel consisting of a separate sheet of fibreoard, said sheets being arranged side by side to complete said sidewalls, each of said sheets having outwardly projecting flanges at theirvertical. edges said flanges of adjacent sheets abutting flat againsteach other and extending from near the top to near the bottom of saidsheets, a pair of metallic re-inforcing binding strips one at the topedge and the other at the bottom edge of the container each of U crosssection extending entirely around and fixedly straddling the respectiveedge so as to provide a continuous metallic bond between the severalpanels at said edge, the bottom wall comprising a piece of fibre boardengaging and. being supported by the bottom edge re-inforeing strip, aplurality of metallic vertical re-inforcing strips spaced apartcircumferentially exteriorly of the .container each of U cross sectionthroughout its mid portion arranged so that the legs of the U stand insubstantially right angular relation to the adjacent outer wall surfaceof the container, said legs of each strip serving as clamp membersstraddling and clamping i one pair of the mentioned abutting flanges ofbent to definitely define a series of pockets between. themselves andthe underl ing outer surface of the wall sheets arrangeti to reeeive andto fit to and retain the adjacent flattened ends respectively of thevertical re-inforcing strips.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' MAX MEYERSON.

